Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae)

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For an introduction to Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae), see:

Family Pyralidae

http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyra/pyra-moths.html

Family Crambidae

http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/crambidae/crambidae.html

Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae)

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ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

This appears to be a quite worn specimen.
The ALA and the AFD now appear to favour the name Stericta phareopteralis rather than O. phaeopteralis.
Clearly S. orchidivora and S, phaeopteralis are similar looking species.
In this specimen I see no evidence of the greenish forewing colouration said to be typical of S. orchidivora. Also I do not see the pattern mid way along the costa which seemes to be characteristic of S orchidivore. However the dot pattern I do see seems to be more typical of S. phaeopteralis. On this admittedly sketchy basis I therefore suggest S. phaeopteralis.

Stericta orchidivora

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

3rd photo shows thew yellow hwD,

Achroia grisella

WendyEM wrote:

14 May 2025

Calguia defiguralis
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=365599
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=425455
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/28e4f2cc-f515-473e-86f8-c5d0e882bbd5
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Calguia_defiguralis

Calguia defiguralis

ibaird wrote:

13 May 2025

ID suggestion made on the basis that the 'forewing is entirely void of a discal spot or a transverse line' ie. distinguishing it from O. albidalis,

Ocrasa acerasta

PJH123 wrote:

11 May 2025

Wendy, correct, Nacoleia mesochlora (Meyrick, 1884)

Nacoleia mesochlora